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Pleuroploca gigantea
This is the state shell of Florida I discovered today
Spotted on Feb 15, 2013
Submitted on Jan 19, 2014
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This looks a lot more like a Channeled Whelk I think. The Horse Conch seems to have a much pointier shell with big knobbs:
Horse Conch (Pleuroploca gigantea): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triplofusus...
Channeled Whelk (Busycon canaliculatum): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channeled_w...
The wikipedia page for the Channeled Whelk isn't fantastic but there are decent images online of the shells.
Nice find!